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17th January 2017, 12:40
Oh, so I watched Storyville last night on the BBC iPlayer and it's still available for the next month or so if you'd care to view it (but you might have to use a VPN if you're from outside the UK).
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Here's the URL : Storyville "Zero Day : Nuclear Cyber Sabotage" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08bcc18/storyville-zero-day-nuclear-cyber-sabotage)
It's a Documentary thriller about warfare in a world without rules - the world of cyberwar. It tells the story of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer malware, known as a 'worm' for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own. In a covert operation, the American and Israeli intelligence agencies allegedly unleashed Stuxnet to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility. Ultimately the 'worm' spread beyond its intended target.
Zero Day is the most comprehensive account to date of how a clandestine mission opened forever the Pandora's box of cyber warfare. A cautionary tale of technology, politics, unintended consequences, morality, and the dangers of secrecy.
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The conclusion it seems to draw is that because so much of Nation-State Cyber Warfare is of a "Covert" nature there cannot be a "Public" discussion / debate over it because no Agency is willing to admit Ownership or Responsibility for what has already been taking place for the last several years.
And even though there have been successful real-world "Intrusions" into "Enemy" Nuclear Infrastructure which have been followed up with successful Cyber "Retaliation", due to the nature of the "Operations" those who are "in the know" cannot talk about it ... the program includes many high ranking "Officials" who openly admit to their knowledge of such activities but are precluded from anything more than a "cursory nod" to their existence because of the Secrecy around such Projects.
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Addendum : I have this idea that the Human Race is in need, more and more, of "thinking as a Species" so as to continue our Interdependent Development here on Earth ! No Country exists in Isolation from the rest of the World and perhaps because of the "rise of the Internet" we are now starting to realise how Global Co-Operation is in absolutely ALL our interests eh ? :highfive:
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Here's the URL : Storyville "Zero Day : Nuclear Cyber Sabotage" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08bcc18/storyville-zero-day-nuclear-cyber-sabotage)
It's a Documentary thriller about warfare in a world without rules - the world of cyberwar. It tells the story of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer malware, known as a 'worm' for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own. In a covert operation, the American and Israeli intelligence agencies allegedly unleashed Stuxnet to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility. Ultimately the 'worm' spread beyond its intended target.
Zero Day is the most comprehensive account to date of how a clandestine mission opened forever the Pandora's box of cyber warfare. A cautionary tale of technology, politics, unintended consequences, morality, and the dangers of secrecy.
. : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : .
The conclusion it seems to draw is that because so much of Nation-State Cyber Warfare is of a "Covert" nature there cannot be a "Public" discussion / debate over it because no Agency is willing to admit Ownership or Responsibility for what has already been taking place for the last several years.
And even though there have been successful real-world "Intrusions" into "Enemy" Nuclear Infrastructure which have been followed up with successful Cyber "Retaliation", due to the nature of the "Operations" those who are "in the know" cannot talk about it ... the program includes many high ranking "Officials" who openly admit to their knowledge of such activities but are precluded from anything more than a "cursory nod" to their existence because of the Secrecy around such Projects.
. : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : .
Addendum : I have this idea that the Human Race is in need, more and more, of "thinking as a Species" so as to continue our Interdependent Development here on Earth ! No Country exists in Isolation from the rest of the World and perhaps because of the "rise of the Internet" we are now starting to realise how Global Co-Operation is in absolutely ALL our interests eh ? :highfive: